Fishburne Honors Spring Athletes
Waynesboro, VA – At the conclusion of each athletic season, the Fishburne Military School Caissons gather in Lawton Chapel to recognize each team’s stand-outs and stalwarts. FMS Athletic Director, MAJ Bryan Greene, served as master of ceremonies and praised the Cadets for their “stick-to-it-iveness”.
“The purpose of this banquet is to recognize those who stuck with their teams and refused to quit. The refusal to quit is a characteristic we should all respect,” Greene noted. “The Spring Banquet is always special because it gives us a chance to honor those cadets who work all year for our JROTC teams. Those teams include the Color Guard, Regulation Drill Team, The Armed Exhibition Drill team (known as The Hudgins Rifles), and the Raiders under the direction of MSG Morton, 1SG Hensley, and LTC Hunt. As always, these teams brought great honor to their school throughout the year.”
Greene went on to outline several of the accomplishments of FMS’ Spring athletes saying, “Coach Summers and the Tennis team showed improvement all year and fought hard in every match; the Golf team broke 200 in their match against Eastern Mennonite and earned an appearance in the VIC Conference Championships on Monday; the Track & Field Team had strong showings in every meet as the field events and the relay teams anchored their success; the Lacrosse Team finished with a .500 record, the best performance in recent memory under first year head coach Matt Kirby; and the Baseball team continues to prove themselves as one of the best in the state.”
The MSG Michael Anson Caissons Coach of the Year Award, which was instituted in 2014 to recognize the coach who is voted by their peers as being a true advocate of the student-athlete, ended in a tied vote this year. Both MAJ Brandon Mawyer and MAJ Bryan Greene were named as recipients for this season.
The final and most prestigious award of the evening was the Colonel James G. Hogg Award. COL Hogg was athletic director, coach, and teacher at Massanutten Military Academy, Fishburne Military School, and Augusta Military Academy. The Hogg Award is presented three times per year to the cadet-athlete that best embodies the ideals of athletic and academic excellence. A plaque in the foyer permanently displays the names of recipients. Cadet Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed ’16 (Arlington, VA) was honored for his contributions to both the Soccer and Track teams.
The Spring Athletics Awards this year were unusual in that the Baseball awards will not be determined until after the Caissons complete their appearances in the VIC Championships (semi-final round begins today vs. Miller School) and their bid for an appearance in the State Tournament.
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The full list of recipients follows:
Golf
MVP- Tyler Long
Coach’s Award- Gavin Overton
Lacrosse
Overall MVP-Robert Palermo
Coaches’ Award-KiHoon Kim
Caisson Hustle Award-Jacob Randall
Iron Caisson Award-Charles Fessler-Krebs
Leadership Award-Logan Thaler
Most Improved-William Goshgarian
Tennis
Overall MVP- Jacob Fife
Most Improved- Alexander Sponeman
Coaches Award- Gideon Kinnard
Track & Field
MVP Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed
Coaches’ Award: Avery Romp
Most Improved: Garreth Romp
Iron Caisson: Justin Payne
Caisson Hustle: Benjamin Weaver
Raiders
MVP- Tyler Long
Coach’s Award- Brian Draper
Caisson Hustle Award- Alexander Ralston
Iron Caisson Award- James Monroe
Leadership Award- Jacob Randall
Most Improved- Raymond Dua
Exhibition Drill Team – Hudgins Rifles
Overall MVP- Jacob Randall
Coaches Award- William Goshgarian
Leadership Award- Tyler Long
Iron Caisson- James Kelley
Caisson Hustle- Thomas Fosdick
Most Improved- Alexander Ralston
Regulation Drill Team
Coach’s Award- Chase Dixon
Caisson Hustle- William Curt
Iron Caisson Award- Raymond Dua
Leadership Award- Jakob Harrison
Most Improved- Matthew Sim
James G. Hogg Award
Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed
Coach of the Year
Bryan Greene- Varsity Basketball, Varsity Soccer, Track & Field
Brandon Mawyer- Varsity Baseball, Rifle
Fishburne Military School is the oldest and smallest of all military schools for boys in Virginia. Its college-prep curriculum is built upon the structure of an Army JROTC program. FMS is designated as a JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction and may nominate qualified candidates to the United States Service Academics. Fishburne hosts one of only four Summer JROTC programs in the nation, accredited by US Army Cadet Command.
